rude language and unpleasant remarks that somebody shouts when they are very angry 辱骂;咒骂 The gesture infuriated him and he let out a stream of invective. 这个手势激怒了他,他破口大骂。 a speech full of invective against the government 充满对政府的谩骂的演讲
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as an adjective meaning ‘reviling, abusive’): from Old French invectif, -ive, from late Latin invectivus ‘attacking’, from invehere, invehi ‘be carried into, assail’, from in- ‘into’ + vehere ‘carry’. The noun is from late Latin invectiva (oratio) ‘abusive or censorious (language)’.